More Than Meatballs: From Arancini to Zucchini Fritters and 65 Recipes in Between, written by Michele Anna Jordan, takes culinary tour of classic meatballs from around the world along with a few unique and even meatless varieties in the comfort of your own kitchen. I will be sharing a recipe for Swedish Meatballs and other notable recipes…

Salsa Caruso is a classic pasta sauce from Uruguay influenced by Italian flavors. The milk and cream base has a generous amount of beef bouillon mixed right in to give the sauce an almost gravy-like quality. It also includes sliced mushrooms, ham, and Parmesan cheese. The sauce is generally paired with capellettis (cappelletti) and other stuffed pastas. I…

#SundaySupper is kicking the week off with a celebration of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo! Shelby of Grumpy’s Honeybunch is hosting this week and I am sharing a recipe for Queso Fundido, Melted Cheese with Chorizo. Queso Fundido is an incredibly easy and flavorful dish made by melting cheese over spicy chorizo. I cooked fresh Mexican chorizo with onion…

Spain: The Cookbook, written by Simone and Inés Ortega, features a massive collection of over a thousand recipes. Simone first wrote 1080 Recetas de Cocina over thirty years ago and it was published by her husband. Her daughter, Inés Ortega, updated and modernized the recipes to create this edition in English (it was first published in 2007 as 1080…

Kurzemes Strogonovs is a creamy pork stroganoff from Latvia. It is named after the western region of Kurzeme (also called Courland). Strips of pork are cooked with bacon, onion, and pickled cucumber in a slightly thickened beef sour cream sauce. This dish comes together quickly for an easy, weeknight comfort meal. I served the Kurzeme Stroganoff with pan-fried…

Add a little holiday magic to breakfast with these Snowman Pancakes! I used the same pancake base as for my Ghost Pancakes, originally from Sew You Think You Can Cook, but piped them out to look like snowmen instead. I cut out noses from a slice of cheddar cheese, used chocolate chips for the eyes, mini…

While Schnitzel may be one of the most well-known of the breaded meat cutlets, the Czech Republic has an equally delicious version made with pork known as Smažený Vepřový Řízek or simply Řízek. Slices of pork are pounded until thin, coated in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs, then fried until golden. This particular recipe calls for vegetable oil, but they…

Bryndzové Halušky is one of Slovakia’s most famous dishes. Halušky, little pasta dumplings made from grated potatoes and flour, are coated in a special cheese called Bryndza and topped with bacon. If that wasn’t hearty enough, the fat rendered from the bacon is also drizzled over the top for good measure. It is quite the comfort…

Celebrate Oktoberfest and football season with these Caramelized Onion Beer Bratwursts! Bratwurst sausages are simmered in beer until cooked through and served in a bun with mustard, caramelized onions, and shredded Gruyere cheese. Looking for more Oktoberfest ideas and German recipes? I have also included a list of my previous recipes that fit the bill along…

Today, I am recapping my weekend getaway to Los Angeles, California and sharing a recipe for Yakisoba Pan. Chad recently spent a couple of weeks in Los Angeles for work. I had never been to California before and had the opportunity to visit him for a weekend. Evan and Claire stayed behind to have some fun…